We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
292 of its 449 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Minsk accounted for 246 of Belarus' 292 stories about harm, carried by 434 outlets. 221 of Minsk's 246 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (91 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
887 of its 1,513 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Moscow accounted for 403 of Russia's 887 stories about harm, carried by 893 outlets. Ebola was named in 47 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
31 of its 35 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Niamey accounted for 22 of Niger's 31 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
564 of its 1,468 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Plague was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
155 of its 278 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. 28 of Mong Kok's 46 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (61 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
95 of its 214 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Taipei accounted for 77 of Taiwan's 95 stories about harm, carried by 126 outlets. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
38 of its 55 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
124 of its 205 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (29 stories). Road crashes were named in 25 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Kabul accounted for 67 of Afghanistan's 132 stories about harm, carried by 78 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
Beirut accounted for 595 of Lebanon's 610 stories about harm, carried by 619 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: food poisoning in Iceland (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Bangladesh (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Indonesia (21 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Pakistan (32 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heatwave in France (23 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 Aug. The big dot is this day; the shaded band is a normal day (the 30 days before it). Click a day to open it. Based on 30,077 stories about harm among 103,259 counted on 11 Aug.
Iceland's news mentioned food poisoning more than ten times as often as usual. 29 in every 100 of the day's 103,259 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. For the second day running, the news turned to Belarus. On 12 August 2019, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 29 today. Belarus' news was 65% about people being harmed, against a usual 46%.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Stories, not people.
The day's biggest events: attacks, accidents and disasters, people displaced, protests, outbreaks. Bigger dot: more stories. Ranked by the share of the day's outlets that reported it and how clearly it was about one thing, the same way for every place and year; the news data does not say who attacked whom, so both sides of a war appear where the news put them. Click a dot for its stories.
Of the stories about people being harmed, what part of life each was about. The mark is usual.
Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.
The words in the day's stories were about as usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.
From the words reporters used across the whole day, never one story. Fear is the weakest of the four measures. How?
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